Last day of Game of Thrones exhibition draws massive crowds

Winter isn't the only thing coming at the Game of Thrones exhibition in Sydney - there's a winter of discontent brewing, too.

The exhibition hadn't even opened on Saturday morning when lines to the event at the Museum of Contemporary Art were cut off due to massive queues.

Fans have taken to social media to share their frustration at organisers for not selecting a larger venue and not charging for entry.

The show's Facebook page, which has almost 13 million fans, has become a popular forum for complaints.

"Why do you think a free event during school holidays for an exhibition of one of the most popular shows for a small number of days and limited hours was a sound idea," one fan, Matt Curley wrote.

Another, Donna Weston, said: "Very poorly planned. Just the fact that GoT has been so pirated in Australia should indicate there are a huge number of fans. So then you only show in Sydney, with little advance notice (and bugger all chance of anyone outside NSW being able to get there). I can't speak for others, but I would have paid to see a decent GoT exhibit, and would have travelled from Perth."

Others utilised the event's official hashtag, #GOTExhibit, to show their anger. One fan tweeted: "So much for getting up at 6am and sacrificing a day of leave for #GOTExhibit. MCA & HBO screwed hundreds of people over today."

Andrew Lau, 31, told Fairfax Media that a ticketing system and better organisation would have helped. "It's better to be told you don't have a ticket than to go there and be disappointed after hours of lining up," he said. "It was just absolute chaos."

He said people who had been queueing since 7:30am were turned away because they were in the wrong queue or holding areas. "People were fuming and arguing with security."

Angel Selikas, 19, lined up with her mother Simone, 49, at 9am. They were told by security to go home at 11am. "This is my first time that I've tried to go to an exhibition and it was a bit of a let-down," Ms Selikas said.

"You'd think that since it was really bad all week since it started they would think it would be worse on a Saturday and the last day. It's a bit silly."

Mrs Selikas said: "There was no organisation. It was terrible. I'm shocked that this happened in Sydney."

Lines have been consistently long during the fantasy drama exhibition's brief time in Sydney this week, the only stopover on its eight-city international tour. Signs were placed along the queues to indicate to fans when they had approached the four-hour wait mark.

Organisers have been contacted for comment.

We came from Mel this morning and we CANNOT GET IN!!!!!!!!! SERIOUSLY???!!!! Can you organise another exhibition @Melbourne#GOTExhibit